flush-decked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flush-decked
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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The ship was flush-decked, broken only by the commander's cabin, the charthouse, and the skylights, masts, and funnel.
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One concluded that she was a yacht, as she was flush-decked, and had a skylight instead of a cargo-hatch amidships; but her lines were a good deal of the dray-horse type, and as for smartness, she did not know the meaning of the word.
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Flush-decked ships, equipped with one tier of guns: fine vessels for warm climates, from admitting a free circulation of air.
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Flush-decked vessels are thus termed, in contradistinction to the deep-waisted.
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The cross-pieces on the small bitts at the main and fore hatchways in flush-decked vessels, for stowing away the booms and spars over the boats; also termed gallowses, gallows-tops, gallows-bitts, and gallows-stanchions.
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